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skeleton
[英] [ˈskelitn] [美] [ˈskɛlɪtn] 生词本

n.

adj.

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1. N-COUNT 骨骼;骸骨 Your skeleton is the framework of bones in your body. 

  • ...a human skeleton.

    人体骨骼

2. ADJ (员工)最基本的，基干的 A skeleton staff is the smallest number of staff necessary in order to run an organization or service. 

  • Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.

    只有一小部分必需的工作人员留在那里，带有兴趣的人参观遗址。

3. N-COUNT 轮廓;框架;构架;梗概 The skeleton of something such as a building or a plan is its basic framework. 

  • Only skeletons of buildings remained.

    只剩下了建筑物的框架。

  • ...a skeleton of policy guidelines.

    政策纲领的概要

4. PHRASE 家丑;不可告人的丑事 If you say that someone has a skeleton in the closet, or in British English a skeleton in the cupboard, you mean that they are keeping secret a bad or embarrassing fact about themselves. 

  • Mr Worthing is this election's Mr Nice Guy, without any skeletons in his cupboard.

    沃辛先生是此次选举中的正派先生，本身没有任何见不得人的丑事。

Noun

1. something reduced to its minimal form;

  • "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"
  • "the bare skeleton of a novel"

2. a scandal that is kept secret;

  • "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"

3. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

4. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;

  • "the building has a steel skeleton"

动物学

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  • 1.骨骼

医学

  • 1.骨骼：动物骨架，尤指高等脊椎动物的骨架及体骨的总称

数学

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  • 1.骨架

法律

  • 1.草图

计算机

  • 1.框[骨，构]架；【VSE】作业填写单
1. A long illness made a skeleton out of him.
长期的卧病使他骨瘦如柴。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. Her notes gave us just the bare skeleton of her theory.
她的笔记只给我们提供了她的理论的梗概。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. His boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.
他的儿子好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The block is still just a skeleton of girders.
这片建筑还只是仅有主梁的骨架。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.
这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. The police unearthed a skeleton in his garden.
警方从他的花园里挖出一具骷髅。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. This was worse than "a terrible secret";this was a real skeleton!
这比“骇人听闻的秘密”还要糟；这是一具真骷髅！

来自《用法词典》